Mohamed Shahabuddeen

Precedent in the World Court

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Produktbeschreibung

Study by a distinguished judge of the role of precedent in the World Court.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780521046718
• ISBN-10: 0521046718
• Artikelnr.: 23177557

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The growth of the Court's case law
3. Range of precedential resources
4. The bases of the system
5. The Advisory Committee of Jurists
6. The view taken by the League of Nations
7. The possibility of judge-made international law
8. Stare decisis
9. Distinguishing
10. Departing from a previous decision
11. Ratio decidendi and obiter dictum
12. Advisory opinions and decisions of chambers
13. The precedential impact of individual opinions
14. Effect and scope of the Court's case law
15. Conclusion
Index.